Brandon Elrod

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced two historic changes to the military’s chaplaincy corps this week after previewing those updates in December of last year.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – As Southern Baptists look toward Baptism Sunday on April 12, the last few years have been a cause for celebration. Baptisms increased four straight years from 2021 through 2024.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Oscar Ortiz was not worried that his new church was still young, still growing. He and his congregation knew that their neighboring town of Loíza, Puerto Rico, needed a Gospel-preaching church.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Among 170 church planters who attended Send Network’s most recent orientation held March 3-5, the missionaries represented 30 states and provinces throughout North America.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Members of Bethany Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Ark., stared down the barrel of a problem facing hundreds of churches in the United States. The community around them had changed. Their church had not, and now, they were on the precipice of seeing their church fold.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Sharing your faith with others can be one of the most daunting aspects of Christian practice. Believers regularly express concerns that they might say something wrong.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — In 2025, Send Relief’s ministry footprint stretched from neighborhoods shaken by wildfires to communities rebuilding after hurricanes, from U.S. cities mobilizing volunteers to international partners providing care amid war and natural disasters.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. –- For the fourth consecutive year, 2025 saw Southern Baptists increase baptisms and plant at least 600 new churches while surpassing $70 million given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for the third consecutive year to support the worth of North American missionaries.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released a video Tuesday evening (Dec. 16) announcing immediate changes to directives given to military chaplains.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – To reach North America with the Gospel, churches need to raise up and send missionaries into cities, towns and communities who will engage their neighbors with the Gospel, make disciples and start new churches. In 2025, dozens of Send Network One Day events sought to foster a movement of churches to zero in on that task.